As another thought, after a some more reading, you may have a larger problem with your computer.
It sounds like the hard disk drive is starting to fail. I reccommend running the "hard disk diagnostic" utilility from the manufacturer. --- In [email protected], "John Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have WINME. > Yesterday did I get from a colleagues docs as an attachment which I > expected. I tried in vain to save them on a disc for (externally) > virus scan them, I got always "error". > > Well, I printed them, print went well, but since then I had problems > with the mouse: partly freezing, partly when marking one line, it > marked the whole line. Also the keyboard did not work properly: wrong > letters, or freezing. > > I tried various possibilities to get the matter rectified. Nothing. > Virus scans of the harddisc: Mydoom and Netsky, which they seem to > have been removed. Problems: no change. > > After many trials and errors I was able to re-install WINDOWS ME > from the CD-ROM directly, not by means of a starter disc. and DOS: > no change. > > Then I tried to completely delete WIN ME from DOS. Now I am fully > stuck at the stage where the computer asks: do you really want to > delete WINDOWS and its subsidiaries (translation from German). > The answer is prepared [Y/N]. > > But here I got stuck, albeit rebooting "cold ???? start", i.e. with > the knob pressed. The keyboard does not react. So I am stuck > "in the middle of nowhere". > > ANY ideas (or tricks??? ha, ha, ha) > > A colleague suggested the following and I answered: > > 1. Switch machine off > 2. switch it back on, then there will be a message to "enter the bios" or > the setup > it will either be press delete or a function key numbered 1-12 or escape. > 3. look for systems start up or boot order > This will be numbered make the CD Rom option 1 then save it possibly F10 > make sure the CD is in the drive, switch it off and back on again and it > should boot from the CD > then just re-install ME > > I already tried rebooting all the way, but the problem was still > there, so I tried to de-install WINDOS ME from DOS and where the > machine asked if I really want it, I canNOT answer Y > because the keys do not transport the electronic command, > so I canNOT do what you stated, same problem. > > I also tried to do from Start Disc., I cannot move the mouse to > go to start from CD, it stops at "help file", and there it > finally opens the help file and I canNOT do "alt + D", then > B in German = finish. Same reason as above 8-)) > > MANY thanks in advance, > BEST regards, > > Bunny > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
